There are basically two kinds of hand-made doll babies used in hoodoo -- those that are personalized by attaching things to the outside and those that are hand-stuffed. Things applied to the outside of a doll include a photograph or the hair of the target glued onto the head of the doll or a figural candle that represents the person.
Scorpion fish have several adaptations that suit a great adaptor to the ocean. The scorpion fish lives most on reefs and rocks. It adapts itself to look like rocks as a protection device against predators. Its stays mostly on the bottom of the ocean so that it won't use its energy swimming around.
The Red Lionfish is a predatory scorpionfish that lives on coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific Ocean and more recently in the western Atlantic. It gets its common name from its long, colorful fin rays that resemble a lionâs mane. Like in many scorpionfishes, this species has venom-filled spines in several of its fins. In addition to being a popular aquarium fish, this species has recently become well known for its successful, human-induced invasion of the western Atlantic Ocean. The Red Lionfish is an ambush predator.